Approves-Fo7 Release 2000f MERE RE ED Mrlaooss00730006-6 CLASSIFICATION sSorERTocinnoL ~ Us S_ orvenLS omar — 25X14 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. INFORMATION REPORT cono. COUNTRY Rumanta DATE DISTR, #2 Sept. 1960 SUBJECT the Solvay Guntto Soda NO.OF PES 2 Factory at Uioare PLACE 25K1A ACQUIRED DATE OF SUPPLEMENT TO Be REPORT NO. AgEEES 2 ‘This plant, formerly Bolgtan-cmed, 4s now controlled by the Central adntniotration for the chomtcal industry. Tho goncral manager is Engineor Woinborger, a ohontcal export; ho ic both technical and administrative manager. The folloving afnintetrativo and technical chefs aro alec employed: Chief clerk Bergors chiof onginoer Urdolys chief mechanic and head of tho ‘trade unton Rosca, a Commist. Tho mumber of worlnen is approxinstely 300, of whom 16 porcont are women. ‘Thore are approxinately 50 olerical and other ‘Adninistretive exployoos. 2, Uioara te situated in Transylvania, in the valley of the rivor Mares, ‘tho south bank of the river; on tho north bank of the rivr io the main railroad Lino betwoon ucharost, Toiue, Cluj and Oradea, On the north the Plant area bordore Mroctly on the Mure River from which 4¢ 4 ‘by an onbanknant which is 10 foct high end 16 fect wide, This esbanknont mas built in 1916, at the sono tine as tho factory, and bogins in the east St Toloky castle and extends westward to a point 660 fest on tho other sido of the bridge. To tho east of the plant aroa is a brickyard; hehind it Fives the steep Vioara hill, on which the smaller portion of the tow of Uioara 1s situated, Southeast of the factory are the mnioipel bathe and ‘velind them, about 1,300 fost distant from the premises of the plant, is the Uloara salt factory, ‘the products of which aro the basis for the production of the soda factory. On ita other sides the factory 1s surrounded by the Yuildings of the tom of Uioara. Uloara ie conected to the main railroad Line by a branch Hine starting from tho Feldioara-Razboient railroad ‘station on the Tolus-Cluj ine. The legend of the attached sketch is as follows: a. Proszure-roqulator house for the natural gas line, This e « ccnorete dullding, 18 fect by 15 fect, with two pressure regulators, one for high prosoure of over 85 pounds por square inch abow atmospheric, one for low prossure lesa than 86 pounds por equare inch above atmosphorio, and the countor. 1+ Porter's house, a concrete building, 16 foot by 15 fect. c+ Fire etation and garages, a concrete building, 66 fect by 85 foot. CLASSIFICATION _SRORET7CONTROL ~ U, 8. OFFICIALS. sare Papen — Jr DISTRIBUTION baie fan —— [x Le LI Totier of 16 Oot CONFIDENTIAL |So21 2) ruc Sen ‘Approved For Release 2000/08/17; ClA-ROPE2.dovenrtonienSAic@, SE Fon DacAcenercunion ACMA‘Approved For Release 2000/9 we ay IK B005800730006-5, specfFomon « v. 5. ores ome ee eae 25x10, 1+ Mechanical workshops, a concrete building, 150 fost by 35 foot. Tho workshop is wall equippod with modern xnchine tools, sush as autonatie lathes, milling machinog, drilling machines, ot cetera, e+ Adnintatration building, a two-story oomorete building, 100 fect by 5B fect, On the ground flear are tho nanagenont offices, ‘the pay offioo, ‘and the boakkeoping office, while on the cooond floor'are the tochnical offices and the drafting office. "+ Storehouse, a concrete building, 82 feob by 53 foot. In this building machine parts, roplacosont parte, and tools are stored, as woll as gasoline and various chonioal miorinles + Totler house, a concrete building, 116 fect by 40 foot by 38 foot. Tt houses oix high pronsure botidere (340 pounds per square insh), fired ‘by natural pase sigky Pastory dufldings; three concrete bulldings, of a single story: ‘each, 100 foot by 40 foot by 88 fect, uhich house the installations for the production of caustic sodas 1. Lino depot, a concrete building, 500 foot by 26 foot by 26 foots my Oponnair line store ny ix Line Mins for burning tho mo required for the production of sods, Tach kiln is mde of refractory bricks. and is 100 foot in Ginnster, and 100 foot high, Tho distance betwoon the kilns is 16 fect. ‘the Kilns are fired by natural gas. Veet of the Kins is a noted bridge 102 fect high with two narrompage tracks along which Tun sroil trucks; on each ond ie in elemtor anda turntable for charging the kLins with lino, The burnt Mino is tapped on a lovol with the ground, + Openeatr depot for burnt Limo and ooustic soda in barrels. Pe Forter's house, @ consrote butliing 16 fect by 15 foot, a+ Bathing ontablishnent. Fe Bride works 84 Salt work. te Tololy cast Ue Gas Lines ve River onbanknents we Mount Woaras Yatural ges for heating the boilers and kins conse fron the Transylvanian notural gas vells. The natural gas conos through a twin pipe line, each pipe of which is 95 rm. in dianster, ovor tho railroad and stroct bridge near the proseure-reguistor house (a. on sketch). A tap-line loads to tho Solwy orks, but the pipe Line foes on throurh tho promises of tho Oloura plant as fer as the n¢orenontioned brick works. The factory produces soda ‘efver the solvay method. In 1947«1948, the deilv vroduction, wt full capacity, vas approxinatoly 250 tons. ‘The finished product 18 shipped by rail. Yor organte purpocos the plant has 10 large trucke and threo passongor oars plus a sinll stom shunting locomotive. A lange part of the production in exported to the Soviot Untons ‘The plant area is surrountod by a wall, 8,2 fost Mgh and hns tus om fire brigade, A number of the plant's om nightematohcon perforn the patrol duty within tho ring foneo of the plant, foar ovhor watelnen patral. outside ‘tho fence. oro or oN: sO Conf